asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the percentage of social service (lay nursery places available per 1,000 children aged under 5 years in each local authority in England with social services responsibilty.
The following table shows the number of full-time day nursery places provided by English local authorities at 31 March 1981, and the rates per 1,000 children aged under five:
| Day Nurseries—31 March 1981 | ||
| Local Authority | Places | Rate per thousand aged under 5 |
| England | 28,252 | 10·2 |
| Cleveland | 270 | 6·9 |
| Cumbria | 141 | 5·5 |
| Durham | 150 | 4·1 |
| Northumberland | 40 | 2·2 |
| Gateshead | 110 | 8·9 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 250 | 15·9 |
| North Tyneside | 91 | 8·4 |
Local Authority
| Places
| Rate per thousand aged under 5
|
| South Tyneside* | 200 | 22·8 |
| Sunderland | 220 | 11·0 |
| Humberside | 40 | 0·8 |
| North Yorkshire | 136 | 3·9 |
| Bamsley | 0 | 0·0 |
| Doncaster | 25 | 1·4 |
| Rotherham | 0 | 0·0 |
| Sheffield | 372 | 13·4 |
| Bradford | 452 | 13·7 |
| Calderdale | 85 | 7·5 |
| Kirklees | 186 | 7·7 |
| Leeds | 450 | 11·0 |
| Wakefield | 70 | 3·6 |
| Cheshire | 514 | 8·9 |
| Lancashire | 1,389 | 16·9 |
| Bolton | 215 | 12·7 |
| Bury† | 110 | 9·8 |
| Manchester | 1,217 | 45·5 |
| Oldham | 233 | 16·1 |
| Rochdale | 320 | 21·4 |
| Salford | 406 | 29·9 |
| Stockport | 152 | 8·5 |
| Tameside | 450 | 35·2 |
| Trafford | 240 | 18·8 |
| Wigan | 195 | 9·6 |
| Knowsley | 420 | 32·1 |
| Liverpool | 908 | 31·6 |
| Sefton | 286 | 16·8 |
| St Helens | 77 | 6·3 |
| Wirral | 220 | 11·1 |
| Hereford/Worcester | 61 | 1·6 |
| Salop | 0 | 0·0 |
| Staffordshire | 340 | 5·5 |
| Warwickshire | 0 | 0·0 |
| Birmingham | 1,443 | 22·4 |
| Coventry | 519 | 24·9 |
| Dudley | 0 | 0·0 |
| Sandwell | 140 | 7·5 |
| Solihull | 60 | 5·1 |
| Walsall | 120 | 7·8 |
| Wolverhampton* | 125 | 7·4 |
| Derbyshire | 425 | 7·9 |
| Leicestershire | 505 | 9·5 |
| Lincolnshire | 80 | 2·6 |
| Northamptonshire* | 100 | 2·8 |
| Nottinghamshire | 565 | 9·8 |
| Bedfordshire | 254 | 70 |
| Berkshire | 134 | 3·0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 50 | 1·3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 181 | 4·7 |
| Essex | 266 | 3·0 |
| Hertfordshire | 386 | 6·6 |
| Norfolk | 40 | 1·0 |
| Oxfordshire | 90 | 2·9 |
| Suffolk | 70 | 1·9 |
| Camden | 616 | 77·1 |
| Greenwich | 215 | 15·5 |
| Hackney | 546 | 39·3 |
| Hammersmith | 538 | 64·9 |
| Islington | 640 | 65·4 |
| Kensington | 354 | 60·1 |
| Lambeth† | 720 | 49·7 |
| Lewisham | 240 | 18·2 |
| Southwark | 572 | 46·9 |
| Tower Hamlets | 395 | 40'8 |
| Wandsworth | 667 | 420 |
| Westminster | 510 | 630 |
| City of London | 0 | 0·0 |
| Barking | 145 | 16·0 |
| Barnet | 281 | 16·8 |
| Bexley | 45 | 3·8 |
| Brent | 862 | 55·0 |
| Bromley | 50 | 3·2 |
| Croydon | 179 | 9·0 |
| Ealing | 352 | 20·8 |
| Enfield | 145 | 9·4 |
Local Authority
| Places
| Rate per thousand aged under 5
|
| Haringey | 280 | 21·6 |
| Harrow | 110 | 9·7 |
| Havering | 190 | 13·5 |
| Hillingdon | 250 | 17·4 |
| Hounslow | 191 | 14·9 |
| Kingston upon Thames* | 96 | 13·6 |
| Merton* | 139 | 14·8 |
| Newham | 253 | 16·7 |
| Redbridge | 70 | 5·6 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 131 | 18·5 |
| Sutton | 52 | 5·4 |
| Waltham Forest | 285 | 20·1 |
| Dorset | 105 | 3·6 |
| Hampshire | 339 | 3·9 |
| Isle of Wight | 0 | 0·0 |
| Kent | 32 | 0·4 |
| Surrey | 123 | 2·3 |
| East Sussex | 171 | 5·7 |
| West Sussex | 0 | 0·0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 | 0·0 |
| Avon | 550 | 10·5 |
| Cornwall | 0 | 0·0 |
| Devon | 74 | 1·5 |
| Gloucestershire† | 75 | 2·6 |
| Isles of Scilly | 0 | 0·0 |
| Somerset | 70 | 3·1 |
* 1979 figures. | ||
| † 1980 figures. | ||